Conservative "Tea Party" activists converged on a remote section of the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday to show support for Arizona's controversial immigration law and hear from more than a dozen conservative speakers, many of them candidates running for office in crowded Republican primaries.

Kansas Speedway will host two NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2011. NASCAR's top series will also debut at Kentucky Speedway on July 9, 2011, part of a revamped Cup schedule designed to goose the series' sagging attendance figures and provide it with some needed buzz.

The recession and housing slump have ended booming growth for many cities in the Sun Belt, while some older urban centers and places with diversified economies are enjoying healthy gains, Census estimates released Tuesday show.